Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (English composer)

~ Person

Annotation

Knighted in 1998 (the Queen's New Year Honours 1998 announced Dec 30, 1997)

Annotation last modified on 2015-09-15 06:23 UTC.

Wikipedia

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.

Continue reading at Wikipedia... Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Discography

Filter

Unspecified type

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
—A Different Side of SondheimRichard Rodney Bennett1
—Special OccasionsRichard Rodney Bennett1

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1965New Music From BritainPeter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr, Richard Rodney Bennett, Malcolm Williamson; The John Alldis Choir, Members of the Melos Ensemble1
1983The Return of the SoldierRichard Rodney Bennett1
1987The PlanetsGustav Holst; Richard Rodney Bennett, Susan Bradshaw1
1988Lush LifeSir Richard Rodney Bennett1
1992ReboundsMilhaud, Bennett, Rosauro, Miyoshi; Evelyn Glennie1
1993Richard Rodney Bennett Plays George Gershwin's Solo Piano WorksGeorge Gershwin played by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett1
1995Sax DriveRichard Rodney Bennett, Stanley Myers, Michael Torke; John Harle1
1995This Green TideLutyens, Bennett, Wellesz, Cooke, Mayer, Pert; Georgina Dobrée1
1996Diversions / Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 3 (James DePreist, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo)Richard Rodney Bennett1
1997English Guitar MusicRichard Rodney Bennett, William Walton, Benjamin Britten; Maximilian Mangold1
2000The Film Music of Sir Richard Rodney BennettSir Richard Rodney Bennett; BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba1
2000Far From The Madding Crowd - Original Motion Picture SoundtrackRichard Rodney Bennett1
2004Love From a Stranger: Four British Film ScoresBenjamin Britten, Roberto Gerhard, Elisabeth Lutyens, Richard Rodney Bennett; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen1
2005Sea Change: The Choral Music of Richard Rodney BennettRichard Rodney Bennett; The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter2
2005Symphonies of Wind InstrumentsIgor Stravinsky; Chilingirian Quartet, The Nash Ensemble, Simon Rattle, Jane Manning, Richard Rodney Bennett1
2005The Mines of SulphurSir Richard Rodney Bennett; Glimmerglass Opera, Stewart Robertson1
2005When Lights are LowClaire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett1
2007Words & MusicRichard Rodney Bennett2
2011WitchcraftClaire Martin & Richard Rodney Bennett1
2013Letters to LindberghRichard Rodney Bennett; NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell, Philip Moore, Andrew West1
2013Say It Isn't SoClaire Martin & Sir Richard Rodney Bennett1
2014Hymns to Saint CeciliaBritten, Rose, Jackson, Bennett, Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Elgar, Bliss, Dyson, Gardner, Howells; The Choir of Royal Holloway, Felicity Lott, Rupert Gough2
2015British Works for Cello and Piano, Volume 4Lutyens, Hoddinott, Leighton, Bennett; Paul Watkins, Huw Watkins2
2018BBC Music, Volume 26, Number 12: Saxophone Concerto / Reflections on a 16th-Century TuneRichard Rodney Bennett; John Harle, Opus 20, BBC Concert Orchestra, Scott Dunn, Scott Stroman1
2019Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Vol. 3: Symphony No. 1; A History of the Thé Dansant; Zodiac; Reflections on a Sixteenth Century TuneSir Richard Rodney Bennett; Dame Sarah Connolly, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson1
2020Orchestral Works, Vol. 4Sir Richard Rodney Bennett; Michael McHale, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson1
—Alexa Still, flute (New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, James Sedares, Susan DeWitt Smith)Richard Rodney Bennett1
—John Harle CollectionJohn Harle, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Steve Lodder,The Royal Philharmonic String Quartet1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2005Lambert: The Rio Grande / Concerto for Piano & Nine Player / Elegiac Blues / Elegy / Walton: Symphony No. 2Lambert, William Walton; Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Neville Dilkes, André Previn1

Album + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1967Billion Dollar BrainRichard Rodney Bennett1
1971Nicholas And Alexandra (Original Sound Track)Sir Richard Rodney Bennett - The New Philharmonia Orchestra Of London Conducted By Marcus Dods1
1991Far From the Madding CrowdRichard Rodney Bennett1
1998EquusSir Richard Rodney Bennett1
2000GormenghastSir Richard Rodney Bennett, John Tavener1
2006The Pick-Up Artist / Sherlock Holmes in New YorkGeorges Delerue / Richard Rodney Bennett1
2009Lady Caroline LambRichard Rodney Bennett1
2009Billion Dollar Brain / Who Dares Wins (Billion Dollar Brain / The Final Option)Richard Rodney Bennett / Roy Budd1
2010The Whisperers / EquusJohn Barry / Richard Rodney Bennett1
2012L'Imprécateur / Interdit aux moins de 13 ansRichard Rodney Bennett / Gabriel Yared1
2013Murder on the Orient Express (1974)Richard Rodney Bennett1

Showing official release groups by this artist (Show all release groups / Show official various artist release groups / Show all various artist release groups)